05 May 2009
| by Dan Leahul
LONDON - Apple is poised to make an offer for Twitter in a $700m (£465m) deal that could come...with Twitter, aiming to seal a deal by June 8, when Apple is due to host its Worldwide Developers Conference. Last November, Twitter turned down a $500m offer from Facebook , although it was understood ...
an offer of $700m in cash in front of Twitter, possibly edging out Google and Microsoft who have also ...
03 Apr 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - Google is reported to be in talks to buy Twitter, the social media micro blogging site...Read Gordon's Republic blog post - Is Twitter really selling up to Google? No The blog Techcrunch reported that Google and Twitter are in late-stage acquisition talks, which could lead to a sale ...
it is currently valued at and the $500m Twitter turned down from Facebook in November 2008. Any deal with Google ...
16 Jul 2008
| by Staff
SAN FRANCISCO - Microblogging site Twitter has acquired the Summize search engine...Twitter co-founder Evan Williams told technology blog Tech Crunch that the size ...
Twitter last month to keep the platform stable during the launch of the Apple 3G iPhone. Twitter has hired five out of six Summize employees, all engineers, who will move to work at Twitter in San ...
26 Apr 2010
| by Sara Kimberley
LONDON - Twitter has acquired mobile messaging business Cloudhopper for an undisclosed sum, as part...to grow and scale its SMS service and connect directly to mobile networks globally. Twitter claims ...
the Twitter mobile team. It follows quickly after the acquisition of iPhone Twitter app Tweetie ...
Twitter.com search results pages. The site has now got up to 105 million registered users. ...
11 Mar 2009
| by Staff
Microblogging service Twitter has just secured $35m in fresh funding, but can it transform its...of the search market. I'm not suggesting Twitter will become as big as Google, but it can make money through ...
't relevant or is too intrusive. The answer may lie in the Twitter ecosystem: 2,000+ programmes fuelled ...
different functions that could incorporate diverse advertising models Twitter could share in ...
24 Jan 2011
| by Ed Owen
Broadband provider BE is encouraging Twitter users to refer its service to their followers...Customers tweet their personal recommendations for BE Broadband via a special Twitter application that includes a link.
Followers who use the link and sign up to the BE Broadband service receive a 20 credit ...
, encouraging BE members to invite their followers via Twitter before others do, with only the first referrer ...
17 Feb 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Twitter stepped up its brand charm offensive earlier this month ...
on Twitter.
Kraft, T-Mobile and Walkers (see views from Kraft's Daryl Fielding, Walkers' Miranda Sambles and T-Mobile's Nick Foster, below) are among the first 40 brands to have launched a branded Twitter ...
03 Nov 2009
| by Staff
NEW YORK - Twitter has teamed up with budget handheld messaging firm Peek to launch the first...messaging devices and a partnership with Twitter could take it to a whole new audience. Available in grey ...
will make it easy and affordable for everyone who doesn't have a smartphone to really enjoy Twitter on-the-go." Sarva said that the device could help open Twitter up to a new market, particularly the teen market ...
15 Jun 2010
| by Ben Bold
Twitter has launched a one-click facility to add location data to tweets called Twitter Places...Twitter Places is being rolled out over the coming week to users across 65 countries and Twitter ...
The Wall More on The Wall today MTV launches search for a $100k Twitter jockey News Corp ...
banned from Twitter and Facebook ...
10 Feb 2009
| by Fiona Ramsay
LONDON - Twitter is planning to charge brands for using the micro-blogging website....Co-founder Biz Stone told Marketing: 'We are noticing more companies using Twitter and individuals ...
-generating features to tap into the way brands use Twitter as a hybrid marketing and customer-service tool. But Bob ...
We Are Social, said Twitter could charge for display ads or to access customer information ...